# Westgate Mall

Birmingham, GA · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-ee26286b49` · release 2026-10-20

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ga/birmingham-westgate-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-ee26286b49.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-ee26286b49.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-ee26286b49

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | under construction | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | office, industrial, retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Middle Georgia Industrial Park | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1961 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2020 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Uptown Realty | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “It opened in 1961” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate_Mall_(Georgia)
- **after_notes**: “Now to be known as Middle Georgia Industrial Park, the area will become a complex intended to feature office facilities, warehouses, and retail stores.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate_Mall_(Georgia)
- **status**: “As of 2020, a new developer, Uptown Realty, has begun redevelopment of the Westgate Shopping Center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate_Mall_(Georgia)
- **strategy**: “As of 2020, a new developer, Uptown Realty, has begun redevelopment of the Westgate Shopping Center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate_Mall_(Georgia)

## Anchors

Colonial Stores, Scotty's Builders Supply, Burlington Coat Factory, Wal-Mart, JJ Newberry's, Piggly Wiggly

## Timeline

- 1961: Opened
- 1966: Single-screen movie theater built
- 1988: Wal-Mart added
- 1994: Demolition began (between 1994 and 1995)
- 2020: Redevelopment begun by Uptown Realty

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Westgate Shopping Center was the first fully enclosed shopping mall in Georgia. It opened in 1961, a year after Eastwood opened in Birmingham, Alabama. Like Eastwood, Westgate had no department store anchors but was prominently anchored by five and dime store JJ Newberry's.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate_Mall_(Georgia)

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate_Mall_(Georgia)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Westgate Mall, Birmingham, GA." Record m-ee26286b49, release 2026-10-20, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ga/birmingham-westgate-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_birminghamwestgatemall,
  title = {Westgate Mall, Birmingham, GA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ga/birmingham-westgate-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-ee26286b49, release 2026-10-20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.